Graham man charged with manufacturing cocaine

Published: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at 09:13 AM.

Deputies arrested a man on drug charges Tuesday after he attempted to flee arrest on his dead-end road.

The Alamance County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at 1 p.m. on Lambert Road near Swepsonville-Saxapahaw Road, the search in reference to narcotics allegedly being sold from the residence.

Leroy Atwater Jr., 54, of the residence, was arrested after deputies attempted to stop his vehicle as he was returning to his home, according to an arrest warrant.

Randy Jones, public information officer for the sheriff’s office, said it appeared Atwater saw the deputies and attempted to drive away from the home, though he could only go as far as his dead-end road.

“He saw them (at his house) and decided he wasn’t going to stop,” Jones said.

Atwater was charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, maintaining a vehicle for a controlled substance, manufacturing cocaine, possession of cocaine and flee/elude arrest in a motor vehicle.

He is accused of possessing and intending to sell 11.7 grams of crack cocaine.

Deputies arrested a man on drug charges Tuesday after he attempted to flee arrest on his dead-end road.

The Alamance County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at 1 p.m. on Lambert Road near Swepsonville-Saxapahaw Road, the search in reference to narcotics allegedly being sold from the residence.

Leroy Atwater Jr., 54, of the residence, was arrested after deputies attempted to stop his vehicle as he was returning to his home, according to an arrest warrant.

Randy Jones, public information officer for the sheriff’s office, said it appeared Atwater saw the deputies and attempted to drive away from the home, though he could only go as far as his dead-end road.

“He saw them (at his house) and decided he wasn’t going to stop,” Jones said.

Atwater was charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, maintaining a vehicle for a controlled substance, manufacturing cocaine, possession of cocaine and flee/elude arrest in a motor vehicle.

He is accused of possessing and intending to sell 11.7 grams of crack cocaine.

An arrest warrant indicated his manufacturing consisted of packaging and repackaging cocaine. It also stated Atwater used a 1998 Chevy Blazer for the purpose of keeping and selling cocaine.

He was placed in the Alamance County jail under a $100,000 secured bond.